The deadly earthquake that struck near Mandalay on Friday was caused by “strike-slip faulting” along the boundary of the ...

Friday’s deadly quake in Myanmar has killed at least 1,002 with 2,376 injured, as per the country’s ruling military. The powerful earthquake was triggered by strike-slip faulting between the India and ...

A magnitude 7.7 earthquake in Myanmar caused widespread shaking and likely considerable damage because of a lack of buildings ...

Myanmar’s location between two tectonic plates – the India and Eurasia plates – places it at particular risk of quakes.

A major earthquake in Myanmar on Friday has caused more than 1,600 deaths and led to the collapse of numerous structures.

Some estimates predict more than 10,000 people died in the quake and that economic losses could exceed the gross domestic ...

Damage is reported in Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city (which lies 600km away from the epicentre) and in Naypyidaw, the country ...

The shockwaves travelled to Thailand; tremors were felt across much of the country, causing the collapse of a high-rise ...

The powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake rocked Myanmar and reverberated across the region, with several dead and nearly 100 ...

“Myanmar is one of the most seismically active countries in the world, so this quake is not a surprise. It looks to have occurred on the major Sagaing Fault, which marks the boundary between two ...

Experts say that the devastating earthquake in Myanmar on Friday was likely the strongest to hit the country in decades, with ...